Saturday in Fredericton!
Well today I left the house at 8:45. I headed to the church and helped packed hampers. We packed a whole bunch of hampers today. I was scheduled to be packing hampers from 9:00 - 12:00 however God provided us with many over 20 volunteers who were excellent workers. All 250 plus hampers were packed in an hour. I don't know how we managed it but we did.
So then I went out and asked the Major some questions about kettles and Salvation Army ministry. IT was very enlightening! It also amazes me how much money is raised each year here in kettles alone. For a city of 50,000 people they raise a nice bit of money.
After that I stayed around the church and prepared for tomorrow. Then at 2:00 I was picked up to go on the kettles at the Food Court in the mall. It was a very interesting and fun experience. It was cute to see the little kids who would ask their parents for money to put in the kettle. They were little sweet hearts:)
Around 4:30 I had a man come up to me as I was standing by the kettle. He had recently come here to visit for 6 months from the Middle East. He is here visiting his son who came here for university. He never spoke English before until he moved here 3 months ago. So he came over to chat to me and when he noticed the Salvation Army, he wanted to know what it was all about. He thought at first it was part of the military I think although he had showed me a Watchtower that he had been given since arriving here. HE had tons of questions about Protestant and Catholic and what Christianity was about. He was Muslim but he was so interested in knowing about Jesus and Christmas. I must have been chatting to him for 20-30 minutes. I even had a pronounciation lesson with him since he had a book on learning how to read and write English with different pronounciation that was handed to him with the Watchtower. I had a great discussion with him about the different beliefs and how Christians believe that Jesus is the MEssiah and He is here to save the world. I told him how God cares for us and loves us. He asked me questions in simple form and then I handed him a faith and friends, gave him the Salvation Army website, and told him to phone the Salvation Army in Fredericton. I truly believe we will hear from him. He is very interested in Christianity and he wants people to help him while he is here. I think he stopped at the right place. Anyway, I truly had the opportunity to witness today. I am not sure how much he understood but I do know that he understood some. When I told him that God cares for us... he was amazed!!!
Anyway, that was my highlight of my day. I wonder will I see him again while I am here?
I finished on kettles at 6:00, went for supper, hung out at the mall while Jen supervised her youth group on kettles, and then we went grocery shopping. Anyway, tomorrow I have church, dinner, retirement home, retirement home again, and then a Band gathering. Should be a fun-filled and most importantly Spirit-filled day!
Blessings,
Rebecca
Well today I left the house at 8:45. I headed to the church and helped packed hampers. We packed a whole bunch of hampers today. I was scheduled to be packing hampers from 9:00 - 12:00 however God provided us with many over 20 volunteers who were excellent workers. All 250 plus hampers were packed in an hour. I don't know how we managed it but we did.
So then I went out and asked the Major some questions about kettles and Salvation Army ministry. IT was very enlightening! It also amazes me how much money is raised each year here in kettles alone. For a city of 50,000 people they raise a nice bit of money.
After that I stayed around the church and prepared for tomorrow. Then at 2:00 I was picked up to go on the kettles at the Food Court in the mall. It was a very interesting and fun experience. It was cute to see the little kids who would ask their parents for money to put in the kettle. They were little sweet hearts:)
Around 4:30 I had a man come up to me as I was standing by the kettle. He had recently come here to visit for 6 months from the Middle East. He is here visiting his son who came here for university. He never spoke English before until he moved here 3 months ago. So he came over to chat to me and when he noticed the Salvation Army, he wanted to know what it was all about. He thought at first it was part of the military I think although he had showed me a Watchtower that he had been given since arriving here. HE had tons of questions about Protestant and Catholic and what Christianity was about. He was Muslim but he was so interested in knowing about Jesus and Christmas. I must have been chatting to him for 20-30 minutes. I even had a pronounciation lesson with him since he had a book on learning how to read and write English with different pronounciation that was handed to him with the Watchtower. I had a great discussion with him about the different beliefs and how Christians believe that Jesus is the MEssiah and He is here to save the world. I told him how God cares for us and loves us. He asked me questions in simple form and then I handed him a faith and friends, gave him the Salvation Army website, and told him to phone the Salvation Army in Fredericton. I truly believe we will hear from him. He is very interested in Christianity and he wants people to help him while he is here. I think he stopped at the right place. Anyway, I truly had the opportunity to witness today. I am not sure how much he understood but I do know that he understood some. When I told him that God cares for us... he was amazed!!!
Anyway, that was my highlight of my day. I wonder will I see him again while I am here?
I finished on kettles at 6:00, went for supper, hung out at the mall while Jen supervised her youth group on kettles, and then we went grocery shopping. Anyway, tomorrow I have church, dinner, retirement home, retirement home again, and then a Band gathering. Should be a fun-filled and most importantly Spirit-filled day!
Blessings,
Rebecca
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